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  • Summary: This is the second full-length release for the Australian duo of Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley.

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Keep Myself On Edge
On the edge of blue sky Falling backwards from blue line And will tell you it's alright! I know it's not you telling Keep on the edge just to feel... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Kerrang!
    Sep 30, 2014
    80
    Their gloriously off-kilter approach is compelling and then some. [30 Aug 2014, p.52]
  2. Aug 18, 2014
    80
    What you’re left with is near 40 minutes of slow and sweaty seduction executed exquisitely by weeping guitar.
  3. 80
    The hangover may be setting in, but DZ Deathrays have found new ways to party.
  4. Aug 18, 2014
    70
    The overwhelming feeling at the end of Black Rat is that this is a band with a lot more up their sleeve.
  5. Aug 18, 2014
    60
    The pair still aren’t in that DFA1979 category of combatively brilliant, just yet.
  6. Aug 18, 2014
    60
    Two years of touring has allowed DZ Deathrays to realize their capabilities as songwriters and with Black Rat, it's clear they've got their sights set on bigger and stranger things.
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